Cinder was diagnosed with alopecia areata, which “is a highly unpredictable, autoimmune skin disease resulting in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body. This common but very challenging and capricious disease affects approximately 1.7 percent of the population overall, including more than 4.7 million people in the United States alone” according to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. When there is a total loss of hair, as in the case of Cinder, the condition is referred to as alopecia universalis.
The Elephant Sanctuary would claim that this condition was some type of "post traumatic stress" given that the St. Louis Zoo had Chimpanzee acts in the past. LOL
Courtesy of Roberta
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Cinder--St. Louis Zoo.
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Wade G. Burck
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Wow, I had no idea the muscular structure was as defined as man. All the hair covered that.
PTS, that is a good one Wade, and you are spot on. I need to email you and tell you about my "school trip", it was well worth the time.
I wonder if the he had any poblems on exhibit, with no hair and all. Did he have any sunburn issues or was there any trouble from the public because you can really see the humanistic traits without hair.
Dianne,
Study what they have found about Gorilla and Chimpanzee DNA!!!! I trust a lot of folks would quite putting money in the collection plate at church, and instead spend it wiser with real human aid or with something like the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, or Jane Goodalls Chimpanzee Fund.
Wade
Joey,
I will look forward to learning, if you got any smarter, or if it was a wasted trip. LOL
Wade
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